Joe Paterno

Penn State as a Microcosm of Society

James Quinn on our social, political and ethical state: We seem to have entered a death spiral with little likelihood of pulling out. Our society…

The carrot dangled by the fascist state is always the same: there is a free lunch for everyone who cedes control over their lives to the state. For corporations, the free lunch is a quasi-monopoly; for debt-serfs, new programs that erase their debts (i.e. transfer them to others), and for everyone, more entitlements, up to the Nirvana of the fascist state, Guaranteed Minimum Income for all. Charles Hugh Smith
Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods. H. L. Mencken
This isn't working; let's try Freedom. Brian Wilson
There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished. John Kenneth Galbraith
Empires do not go gently into that good night. Instead, they rail… rant… and rave against the dying of the light. Bill Bonner